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06/20/2012 "See News Release 036 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 12-OB-1303 IN RE: KERWIN W. DOYLE ON APPLICATION FOR REINSTATEMENT PER CURIAM*
This proceeding arises out of an application for reinstatement filed by petitioner, Kerwin W. Doyle, an attorney who is currently suspended from the practice of law in Louisiana.

UNDERLYING FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY In 1993, this court transferred petitioner to disability inactive status as a result of his long history of alcoholism and drug addiction. At that time, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel's ("ODC") investigation of the numerous complaints it had received against petitioner was stayed. Thereafter, petitioner entered a longterm substance abuse treatment program and achieved sobriety. On December 8, 2000, as the result of a joint petition by the parties, petitioner was transferred from disability inactive status to interim suspension. In re: Doyle, 00-3022 (La. 12/8/00), 774 So. 2d 117. This action allowed disciplinary proceedings against petitioner to resume. In 2007, the ODC filed twelve counts of formal charges against petitioner, alleging that he converted client and third-party funds, settled cases without the approval of his clients, failed to communicate with his clients, and neglected their legal matters. For this misconduct, we suspended petitioner from the practice of
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Chief Justice Kimball not participating in the opinion.

law for three years, retroactive to his December 8, 2000 interim suspension. In re: Doyle, 07-2015 (La. 4/4/08), 978 So. 2d 904. We further ordered petitioner to make restitution to his clients and to repay the Louisiana State Bar Association's Client Assistance Fund any amounts paid to claimants on his behalf. In 2011, petitioner filed an application for reinstatement with the disciplinary board, alleging he has complied with the reinstatement criteria set forth in Supreme Court Rule XIX,

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